Visual Arts in Rural Communities

Students from Thornhill School visit Highgreen

4th July 2011

A group of students from Thornhill School in Sunderland visited Highgreen in June. They spent the day exploring Highgreen and taking part in a range of activities including drawing,printmaking, making rubbings, making plaster plaques and creating a suspended bird out of found branches. The day’s arts activities were led by Jenny Purrett and Julia Barton and Maureen McCracken led short walks.

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VARC is very grateful for the financial support it has received in the past from Arts Council England, Ernest Cook Trust, Rothley Trust, Archibald Educational Trust, High Sheriff of Northumberland, and the Gillian Dickinson Trust. It also acknowledges the valuable support it receives from many individuals without which it would be unable to achieve all it does.